Jewelry box



Aug. 21, 1928. I 1,681,755

' v R. J. WARNER ET AL JEWELRY BOX Filed June 24, 1926 jzverzimri,

Patented Aug. El, 1928.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH J. \UARXER AND JOSEPH SCHAEFER, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T0WARNER JEWELRY CASE COMFAETY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

JEWELRY BOX.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1926. Serial No. 118,232.

This invention relates generally to ewelry boxes but more particularlyto ring boxes.

One of its objects is to improve the ringholding or clamping device witha viewof sin'iplifying its construction, reducing its cost, retainingand displaying the ring in the required position and adapting it torings of differentsizes.

In boxes of this kind, as hitherto made,

the slotwhich receives and holds the ring,

is formed in a pad or cushion of waddingcovering with the desiredmaterial. As wadding has little orno elasticity, the walls of the slotbecome set by the inserted ring, and if the ring-shank is comparativelywide, the slot is enlar ed to suchan extent that it will not tightlyholda ring with a narrow shank. It is also ClllllGUllJ to make suchwaddingstuffed pads of uniform shape.

A further object of our invention is the provision of a block whichforms a firm foundation for the ring-holder, which can be cheaply anduniformly produced and which,-when covered, presents a neat andattractive appearance.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a ringboXembodying the invention, with the cover open. Figure 2 is a verticalsection of the same on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Figure 3 is a cross section onthe correspondingly-numbered line in Fig. 2. Figure 4; is a perspectiveview of the block carrying the ring-holder. Figure 5 is a verticallongitudinal section of the block and the holder. Figures 6 and 7 aresimilar sections showing modified constructions of the ring-holder.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring to Figs. 1-5, 10 indicates the body of the box and 11its'hinged cover which parts are preferably stamped of sheet metal,although they may be made of paper, celluloid, or other suitablematerial. As usual, they are covered with velvet, leather or otherappropriate material.

Instead of the usual soft or wadded pad, the box body contains a rigidblock 12, preferably in the form of an inverted boxlike cup stamped ofsheet metal. Its depending rim 13 rests on the bottom of the box, whileits top-plate is substantially flush with the upper edge of. the box,being preferably surrounded by the customary neck 14 of the box. Theblock is snugly fitted into the neck and is covered with any desireddecorative material 15, such, as velvet for the covering.

Formed centrally in the block is a transverse slot 17 containing aholder for a finger ring or other article ofjewelry. The mouth of thisholder issubstantially flush with the top surface of the block, and inits preferred form, il ist ated in Fig. 4L,consists of a strip of springsteel, approximately as wide as the len th of the slot, doubled to forma pair of resilient jaws 18 adapted to clasp the ringshank frictionallybetween them. These jaws extend a suitable distance below the top plateof the block and are usually incl .ned toward the rear of the boX todisplay the jewel of the ring in a forwardly-inclined position to theobserver. The jaws are formed at their upper ends with flanges 19, oneof which is preferably secured to the top plateof the block 12 bywelding or other means, while the flan e of the other jaw bears againstthe underside of said plate and is detached therefrom and free to slidet0- ward and from the other jaw to give the holder a greater rangeelasticity. This construction adapts the holder to different-sizedrings, enablin g the same box to be used for a variety of sizes. Theslot 17 is wide enough to permit this yieldable action of the movablejaw. The covering material of the block also covers the jaws of theholder, as shown.

Obviously, this spring-holder may be modified in various ways and we donot therefore wish to be limited to the particular construcloo withwadding or similar soft material. This formity and are not more or lessirregular in form as is liable to be the case with boxes ha *ing a softor wadded pad, thus rendering them more sightly and attractive.

A rigid block of this construction can also be made more cheaply thanthe soft pads heretofore employed.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination with a jewelry box, of ablock fitted in the same and consisting of a rigid top plate and adepending rim stamped in one piece, said top plate having a slot, and aring-holder carried by said plate and having its receiving end arrangedin said slot, said holder consisting of a strip of resilient materialdoubled upon itself to form a pair of jaws, one of said jaws beingsecured at its free end to the top plate and the other being detachedtherefrom and free to move bodily relative to its companion jaw.

2. A jewelry box containing a rigid inverted box-like cup havlng a slotin its top wall, a holder having its receiving endarranged in said slotand consisting of spring v jaws joined at their lower ends, one of saidjaws being secured at its upper end to said cup-walland the other beingdetached therefrom, and guided for movement relative thereto and to thecompanion jaw.

3. In a jewelry box, a rigid block adapted to be fitted in the box andhaving a slot, and a holder consisting of a doubled strip of resilientmaterial forming spring jaws, the receiving ends of the jaws havingflanges, one of which is detached from the block while the other issecured thereto.

4. A' jewelry box containing a stamped rigid block of inverted cup-form,comprising a top-plate substantially flush with the upper edge of thebox and a depending rim resting on its bottom, said plate having a slot,a holder for jewelry depending from said plate and including spring-jawshaving their receiving ends arranged in said slot, one of said jawsbeing secured at its upper end to said top plate and the other jaw beingdetached therefrom and free to move bodily toward and from the companionaw, and a covering extending over the block and the holder and into thelatter.

RUDOLPH 'J. W'ARNER. JOSEPH SCHAEFER.

